Anaplasma phagocytophilum in horses and ticks in Tunisia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mghirbi, Youmna ^a,b   Yach, Hèla ^c,d   Ghorbel, Abderazek ^c,d   Bouattour, Ali ^a,b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Horses; IFA; nPCR; Ticks; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICKS; TUNISIA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EQUIDAE; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84865460237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-180     Document Type: Article

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